Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-22
SUNDAY GOSSIP.

Ahs ~ Aafs 441Fo fh11f9da faatii,
ties, The g. 3. 4 @. will push
the H, Il 8, w, through. and i am
satisfied the G. 4 A. will extend
beyond Jefferson City. Every.
thing points that way now, The
G. "A. il one of the best roads In
the world, and when ever 1t gets
ready can and will extend south.
west. hope and think. they Will
leave the main line at Mexico.
Then look out for a sure enough
boom.
Postmaster Saunders : My time
is out January 18th, and Lam ready
to get out as soon as the new man
can get in. 1t will take a month
to get everything changed. OF
course I will do all ! can to stnrs
the new man of. Matte says she
is going to California. / don't
know what | will do yet. / want
to rest. awhile, and If / don't 60 in
to business here, will likely go to
California myself. / am glad to be
a free man again.
Matte Saunders: I am glad
our time is nearly out. Expect I
will go to California, on a visit
anyway. l have had the best OF
luck in pleasing people. You
know the p~ost-ofice is a hard place
to please folks. Well, of course
It's hard work but feel paid for all
that by the, compliments a hear
on the prompt service we have
given. am SO glad to get out and
still | am sorry to leave SO many
friends, as it were.
General Delivery Clerk Gallon :
You would be surprised to learn
how much curiosity some women
are possessed of. There are half
a dozen old ladies who come here
every day and ask for mail, and
not having their spectaeles handy
ask me where each letter is from;
If the postmark is dim and I can't
make it out they get mad. They
never fail to ask where the missiye
is from and to whom it is address,
ed; can't wait until they get home.
Oh, no, they couldn't stand 1T.
E. r. Locke: Yes, it is a fact that
j. Med. Trimble is becoming quite
a society man, and is in the swim
at Kansas. City. He manages some
how to steal time enough from his
business to meet his social obliga-
and you will notice from
newspaper reports of all prominent
society events in Kansas City that
J. Med. Trimble is on deck with
the regulation "claw-hammer."
appears to enjoy it, too.
j. Y. Williams: I notice that
the A. Q. u. w. lodge of Hannibal,
under the. head ofgood of the order,
has introduced literary features
and the families of the members
have been present. I think this a
good idea and hope Mexico viii
do something of the kind. Joe
Bryan, of Mexico, read a fine essay
before the Hannibal lodge the other
Society gentleman: Yes, 1 arm
very sorry the young ladies are net
to keep open house. New
Years day has always had its
special charms for me, on account
of the social features enjoyed. 1t
is an old, time-honored custom and
shouldn't be dropped. Next year
is Leap Year and the young men
will revive the custom.
Society lady: We girls are all
tea gowns made. Five
o'clock teas are to be all the rage
in Mexico this winter. One of the
handsomest ofthese tea gowns has
been sent to a Mexico lady visiting
in Kentucky. A lovely girl looks
just too lovely for any use in a
tea gown.
W. B. Huette: This pleasant
weather is rather hard on some of
the merchants. Why, don't you
know a great many people have
not as yet bought their winter
shoes Or flannel. | never saw such
weather as we have had this
fall, and here is Christmas right
on US.
Sunday School teacher: Yes,
most of our Sunday Schools grow
just before Christmas. At
ter the Christmas trees have shed
their presents you can notice a
off. Well, children come
by this and other such maneuvers
honestly.
HICKORY GROVE ITEMS.